Classifications

• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60J—WINDOWS, WINDSCREENS, NON-FIXED ROOFS, DOORS, OR SIMILAR DEVICES FOR VEHICLES; REMOVABLE EXTERNAL PROTECTIVE COVERINGS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES
  • B60J5/00—Doors
  • B60J5/04—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides
  • B60J5/06—Doors arranged at the vehicle sides slidable; foldable
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60R—VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
  • B60R16/00—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for
  • B60R16/02—Electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for; Arrangement of elements of electric or fluid circuits specially adapted for vehicles and not otherwise provided for electric constitutive elements
  • B60R16/0207—Wire harnesses
  • B60R16/0215—Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
  • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
  • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
  • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
  • E05F15/632—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for horizontally-sliding wings
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05F—DEVICES FOR MOVING WINGS INTO OPEN OR CLOSED POSITION; CHECKS FOR WINGS; WING FITTINGS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, CONCERNED WITH THE FUNCTIONING OF THE WING
  • E05F15/00—Power-operated mechanisms for wings
  • E05F15/60—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators
  • E05F15/603—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors
  • E05F15/632—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for horizontally-sliding wings
  • E05F15/655—Power-operated mechanisms for wings using electrical actuators using rotary electromotors for horizontally-sliding wings specially adapted for vehicle wings
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
  • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
  • H02G11/00—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts
  • H02G11/006—Arrangements of electric cables or lines between relatively-movable parts using extensible carrier for the cable, e.g. self-coiling spring
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2400/00—Electronic control; Electrical power; Power supply; Power or signal transmission; User interfaces
  • E05Y2400/65—Power or signal transmission
  • E05Y2400/654—Power or signal transmission by electrical cables
• • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
  • E05—LOCKS; KEYS; WINDOW OR DOOR FITTINGS; SAFES
  • E05Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES E05D AND E05F, RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION ELEMENTS, ELECTRIC CONTROL, POWER SUPPLY, POWER SIGNAL OR TRANSMISSION, USER INTERFACES, MOUNTING OR COUPLING, DETAILS, ACCESSORIES, AUXILIARY OPERATIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, APPLICATION THEREOF
  • E05Y2900/00—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof
  • E05Y2900/50—Application of doors, windows, wings or fittings thereof for vehicles
  • E05Y2900/53—Type of wing
  • E05Y2900/531—Doors

Definitions

• the invention relates to a cable guide device, in particular for a sliding door in the automotive field.
• a line guide device In an electrical connection between two relatively movable components, a line guide device is often provided, in which an electrical cable, with which the two relatively movable components are connected, is guided.
• the invention has for its object to provide such a cable guide device for guiding a cable between two relatively movable components, in particular for connecting a motor vehicle sliding door to a motor vehicle electrical system, wherein the cable guide device shows a simple structure and a permanently safe and reliable Operation guaranteed.
• the line guide device comprises a housing having a longitudinally extending displacement opening in which a displacement element is displaceably mounted.
• an electrical cable is attached, which is provided for electrical connection between the two mutually relatively movable components.
• the cable is placed inside the housing led towards an outlet opening.
• the cable is guided along a U-shaped bent spring band, in particular a spring steel strip, which is fastened on the one hand to the displacement element and on the other hand in the region of the outlet opening on the housing.
• a band made of plastic with appropriate spring properties is used.
• the housing is preferably formed from a base part and a cover part, wherein when the cover part is removed, the displacement element and the spring band can be inserted into the housing.
• This allows a quick and easy installation.
• the cable is inserted together with the displacement element and the spring band and possibly end-hinged interfaces, such as connectors, as a prefabricated cable harness unit in the housing, which then only has to be closed. The assembly effort is therefore very low, especially in this case.
• a mounting aid is expediently provided on the base part, which is designed such that when the cover part is removed, the spring band is held in a defined mounting position between the mounting aid and a housing wall.
• the procedure is such that the spring band with the cable adjacent thereto is inserted between the assembly aid and the housing wall, so that the spring band can not jump out of the base again.
• the lid part is fixed on the base.
• the spring band is then guided between two opposite housing walls.
• the assembly aid is hereby preferably designed as a retaining lug formed on the base part, which engages over the spring band in the assembly position.
• the assembly position is preferably a displacement end position in which the displacement element is located in one of the two end positions. This is to facilitate the assembly, since the mounting position for the prefabricated cable set is firmly defined.
• the displacement element is designed as a sliding element, which is guided in the manner of a rail guide in the housing wall.
• the sliding element engages opposite edge sides of the displacement opening in a form-fitting manner, so that the sliding element has at most a slight clearance perpendicular to the displacement direction.
• the cable is passed through the displacement element according to an expedient embodiment.
• the cable is thus safely enclosed by the displacement element.
• the displacement element consists of two sub-elements, namely a sliding body which can slide along the sliding opening along, as well as a rotatable relative to this rotatably mounted rotary body.
• a sliding body which can slide along the sliding opening along
• a rotatable relative to this rotatably mounted rotary body Through this rotary body through the cable is supplied. Due to the rotational mobility of the rotating body, a secure guidance of the cable is achieved and it is possible a compensation rotational movement.
• an approximately U-shaped, circulating guide web is provided on the inside of a housing outer wall on the base part. That the spring band abuts against this circumferential ridge and is pressed defined against this ridge due to its spring elasticity.
• this guide web serves at the same time as a guide for the sliding element in the sliding opening.
• the guide bar is therefore at the same time positively locked by the displacement element to form a sliding guide.
• the guide bar here is a one-piece and integral part of an injection-molded base.
• the cover part is formed with a corresponding guide web.
• the entire cable guide device is designed as a prefabricated mounting unit, which only has to be installed in the intended installation space.
• the cable routing device on both ends of the cable interfaces, in particular plug for the formation of connectors.
• the cable guide device comprises a first cable section, which is guided from a first cable interface outside the housing to the displacement element, and a second cable section, which is guided within the housing by the displacement element to a second interface in the region of the outlet opening.
• Fig. 1 shows a cable guide device with an open housing
• FIG. 2 shows the cable guide device according to FIG. 1 with closed housing.
• the cable guide device comprises a two-part housing 2 with a base 2A and a cover part 2B.
• the cover part 2B is detachably fastened to the base part 2A via latching connections 4.
• the housing 2 has an approximately cuboid basic geometry and extends in a longitudinal direction 6. On one of the two sides in the longitudinal direction 6, a housing leg 8 is pulled out a little further, which as well as the recessed portion has approximately half the housing width. The formed to the retracted portion of the side wall portion of the housing leg 8 is partially continued within the housing 2 as a partition 9.
• a sliding opening 10 is formed at its narrow side opposite the partition wall 9, which occupies almost the entire height of the narrow side.
• the sliding opening 10 is open, i.
• the lid part 2B forms an edge side of the displacement opening 10.
• An outlet opening 12 is formed on the front end side of the retracted portion. This essentially covers the entire cross-sectional area of the retracted partial area.
• a plurality of guide webs 14 are formed, which define approximately a U-guide path.
• the guide webs 14 are in this case arranged on both sides of the partition wall 9, so that the guide path U-shaped running around one end of the partition wall 9.
• the guide webs 14 each have a contact surface of the
• the base part 2A is preferably formed together with the guide webs 14 and the locking elements 4 attached on the outside as a one-piece plastic injection-molded part.
• a specially designed guide web 14 is provided, which has a retaining lug 18 which is oriented parallel to a rear wall 20 of the housing part 2A. As a result, an approximately clip-like holding space is formed between the retaining lug 18 and the rear wall 20 of the housing.
• This cable harness element 22 comprises a first interface 24, which in the exemplary embodiment has a fastening flange for fastening the cable harness element 22 to a motor vehicle sliding door.
• a plug not shown here, is preferably connected to this first interface 24, with which a partial cable set routed inside the sliding door can be electrically connected to the rest of the motor vehicle electrical system by a simple plug connection. alternatives
• the individual lines can also be continued directly to the end users arranged in the sliding door.
• the first interface 24 is adjoined by a first cable section 26A, which in the exemplary embodiment is designed as a multi-core round cable.
• the first cable section 26A extends up to a two-part sliding element 28, which has a sliding body 28A and a rotatable relative to the sliding body arranged rotary body 28B.
• the cable section 26A is passed through the displacement element 28 and passes into a second cable section 26B, which is guided within the housing 2 to a second interface, here designed as a plug 24B.
• the plug 24 B is in this case held in the outlet opening 12.
• the second cable section 26B is guided along a spring band 30, which is fastened with its one end in the sliding body 28A and with its other end on the base part 2A.
• the spring band 30 is a simple, thin flat sheet, which is easily bendable and has a certain spring elasticity.
• the width of the spring band 30 is slightly smaller than the free inner height between the base part 2A and the cover part 2B.
• the width of the spring band 30 is tuned overall such that the spring band is guided between the housing rear wall 20 and the cover part 2B. That the spring band 30 only has sufficient clearance to prevent jamming within the housing 2.
• the retaining lug 18 oriented parallel to the housing rear wall 20 engages in the assembled state in a corresponding recess within the cover part 2B. That the retaining lug 18 is aligned with the cover part 2B in the mounted state and also has a material thickness which corresponds approximately to the thickness of the cover part 2B. As a result, the retaining lug 18 is flush with the cover part 2B both on the inside and on the outside.
• the last guide web 14 in front of the outlet opening 12 is at the same time also designed as a holding web and has a recess. plug-in opening 32 into which the spring band 30 from above, ie in the direction of the housing rear wall 20, can be inserted.
• the entire cable set element 22 is inserted into the base part 2A from above when the housing 2 is open.
• the spring band 30 is inserted into the insertion opening 32 with its one end.
• the sliding body 28A is inserted into the sliding opening 10.
• the spring band 30 is brought into the clip-like holding space between the retaining lug 18 and the housing rear wall 20. In this case, the sliding body 28A is in a displacement end position, that is, abuts a housing edge. Due to the retaining lug 18, the entire cable harness element 22 is first fixed, so that the cover part 2B can be easily placed. Once the cover part 2B is fixed, this forms together with the base part 2A, the guide for the inner cable section 26B 1, in particular for the spring strip 30, on the outer contour along the second cable part 26B is guided.
• a slightly raised guide web 34 is formed on the base part 2A as part of the rear wall 20 of the housing at its edge side to the peripheral side wall.
• This guide bar 34 is engaged behind the form-fitting by associated edge webs 36 of the slider 28A perpendicular to the longitudinal direction 6, so that a kind of rail guide is formed.
• the guide web 34 extends in a U-shape circumferentially on the bottom of the base 2A. Overall, this is a recess formed in the central region of the housing rear wall 20. Within this depression, the spring band 30 is guided. At the inner edge of the guide web 34 is therefore in operation, the spring band 30 and slides along the guide bar 34. Overall, this is a defined and secure guidance achieved.
• the cover part 2B is formed. The free Gezza-course altar is therefore formed by the recesses in the base parts 2A and corresponding thereto in the cover part 2B. Due to the two-part design of the displacement element with the rotary body 28B a rotatable insertion of the cable 26 is ensured in the housing 2.
• the rotary body 28B is in this case essentially formed by a U-shaped bearing piece 38, in which a T-tube piece 40 is inserted as a cable insertion element rotatably. Through the T-tube piece 40, the cable 26 is inserted into the displacement element 28.
• the displacement of the slider 28A is, for example, by a passive

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